21Synonyms found for episcopal

Word Origin & History

episcopal mid-15c., from M.Fr. episcopal, from L.L. episcopalis, from L. episcopus (see bishop). Sense of a church governed by bishops is 1752. With a capital -E-, the ordinary designation of the Anglican church in the U.S. and Scotland.

Example Sentences for episcopal

Having therefore received the episcopal consecration, he cheerfully set himself to fulfil every duty of that important charge.

He is said to have been honoured there with the episcopal dignity, about the middle of the sixth century.

Great opposition was made against his episcopal consecration and mission, both by his own relations and by the clergy.

AN invincible courage and constancy in resisting evil is a necessary ingredient of virtue, especially in the episcopal character.

Wearing episcopal clothing, the monarch was blessed with holy water and incensed.